The ethanol industry is lobbying the White House to reverse its decision to lower the amount of ethanol in the nation's gasoline supply next year.

Written by

Christopher Doering
| Gannett Washington Bureau

Ethanol supporters are mounting an all-out lobbying blitz they hope will convince the White House to backtrack on its decision to reduce the amount of the renewable fuel required to be mixed into the country's gasoline supply next year.

A week ago, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed cutting the fuel requirement in 2014 to 15.2 billion gallons of ethanol and other biofuels, 3 billion gallons less than Congress required in a 2007 law. Traditional biofuels, comprised mostly of corn, would be reduced to 13 billion gallons from 14.4 billion.